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Viruses, bacteria, algae, and an unusual fondness for water.
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Michael Twiss
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Special section of Journal of Great Lakes Research on Connecting Waters in the
#GreatLakes
. Open Access: includes a brief historical review of past efforts to focus on these critical areas and Summary of the 15 manuscripts that compose the Section. 🧪
doi.org/10.1016/j.jg...
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2025.102699
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What happens when an energetic postdoc (
@zepernickbn.bsky.social
) takes a class to a local quarry to learn to limnology? Science!! (and pets are protected). Nice work by Britt, team and colleagues from the Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters & Human Health.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The ornithine-arginine cycle supported a toxic, metalimnic Planktothrix rubescens bloom
Planktothrix rubescens is distinct from other cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom (cHAB) genera: the crimson-red cHAB thrives in the cold, low-light, n…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988325002100
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Prof Alessandro Tagliabue
20 days ago
Seeking a three year postdoc in the field of ocean biogeochemistry and productivity using mechanistic models and synthesis of observations. Note the short fuse for applications. Please help distribute. All nationalities welcome to apply! 🌊
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Liverpool
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate on jobs.ac.uk!
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/postdoctoral-research-associate
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New research indicates that Microcystis plasmids from lab strains and Lake Erie metatranscriptomes are transcriptionally active, ecologically relevant, and may have genetic overlap with phages. From Gwen Stark and colleagues....
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Microcystis plasmids: the unexplored portion of the mobilome and the presence of potential phage-like plasmids
Abstract. While resequencing Microcystis aeruginosa (PCC7806) and its nontoxigenic mutant (PCC7806 ΔmcyB), we discovered identical unreported plasmids in b
https://academic.oup.com/ismecommun/article/5/1/ycaf154/8246625
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Still accepting applications for our plant-microbe person.
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Well done Alfonso & team! High-frequency sampling of Bermuda Atlantic Time Series waters revealed depth and diel viral dynamics, providing insights into short-term virus-host interactions.
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@sullivan-lab.bsky.social
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Sub-daily Bermuda Atlantic Time Series virus sampling reveals taxonomy, host, and functional differences at the population, but not community level
Ocean microbes contribute to biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem function, but they do so under top-down pressure imposed by viruses. While viruses are increasingly understood spatially and beginning ...
https://www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2025.10.20.683370v1
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Its graduate school application time! Positions come with guaranteed stipend, tuition and health care coverage.
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The Marine Biological Association
about 1 month ago
Be part of our global network of students, scientists, and ocean advocates. ✅ Bulletin with news, events & opportunities ✅ [UK’s largest marine library ✅ Access to the JMBA ✅ Exclusive training, events & discounts Find out more -
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Dan Garisto
about 2 months ago
New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/grfp-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-program
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flor de cereza|bacon boy
about 2 months ago
🧪The NSF has made changes to the GRFP solicitation and eligibility TODAY that may change your eligibility! PLEASE read through the solicitation if you were planning to apply and speak to your mentors about the merits of applying:
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/grfp-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-program/nsf25-547/solicitation
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It is that time of year again. The Department of Microbiology is accepting applications for its PhD and MSc programs. Come join us!
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Come join us in Knoxville. Faculty position looking for those interested in the quantitative aspects of phototroph-microbe interactions.
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Very excited for Alex Truchon and his defense today. Giant viruses, algal blooms, DNA methylation and more....
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UBC Microbiology and Immunology
4 months ago
Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position. Learn more and apply at:
www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/
#IndigenousinSTEM
#BlackInNature
#WomenInSTEM
#MinoritiesInSTEM
#DiversityInSTEM
#STEMEducation
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Jennifer DeBruyn
3 months ago
How long do the effects of a decomposing animal last? Nine years after decomposing a colony of beavers, aka beaverhenge, we revisit the scene to find out.
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Mya Breitbart
4 months ago
Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (
@cmarinescience.bsky.social
) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊
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Benthic cyanobacteria are overlooked in fresh waters yet their effects on system function (and ability to make toxins) should not be.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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First report of nodularin production by Nostochopsis sp. in a temperate eutrophic lake
Benthic cyanobacteria are understudied in comparison to their planktonic counterparts. Consequently, our understanding of cyanotoxin production in ben…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988325001581
3 months ago
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The DNA sequence of an organism is just the start of the story:
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digs into the methylation patterns and motifs in the genome of Kratosvirus quantuckense, a giant virus infecting the brown tide forming pelagophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens
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Epigenome analysis of an algae-infecting giant virus reveals a unique methylation motif catalogue
DNA methylation can epigenetically alter gene expression and serve as a mechanism for genomic stabilization. Advancements in long-read sequencing technology have allowed for increased exploration into...
https://www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2025.08.10.669558v1
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OK. So you get a motivated postdoc
@zepernickbn.bsky.social
, who teaches a class of great graduate students, and then some support from the institution and a lot of great labs. Find yourself a nice pink algal bloom in the early spring and....science happens.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The ornithine-arginine cycle supported a toxic, metalimnic Planktothrix rubescens bloom
Planktothrix rubescens is distinct from other cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom (cHAB) genera: the crimson-red cHAB thrives in the cold, low-light, nutrient-limited metalimnion. Studies have attribut...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.04.668501v1
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Rob Edwards
4 months ago
🌟 Exciting news! We’re launching three fully-funded postdoc positions for "New Horizons for Synthetic Phages” Join us in tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge synthetic biology + AI bioinformatics. Based at Flinders Uni in vibrant Adelaide. 👇 Read on for details!
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The first contribution from David Niknejad's thesis: a collaboration with UTIA and the Watershed Association of the Tellico Reservoir to start applying molecular tools to the Tellico Reservoir. Thanks to USC's
@eric-a-webb.bsky.social
for jumping in to help!
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Metagenome-assembled genome of Synechococcus sp. “Tanasi” from the Tellico Reservoir, Tennessee, USA | Microbiology Resource Announcements
Picocyanobacteria, especially members of the Synechococcus collective (1), contribute to primary productivity, food webs, and biogeochemical cycles of fresh and marine waters worldwide (2). The Synech...
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mra.00417-25
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Michael Cunliffe 🏳️🌈
4 months ago
We are looking for a new
@thembauk.bsky.social
Anne Warner Research Fellow (5 year post) to develop an independent research group in the area of cell and molecular biology of marine organisms here in
#Plymouth
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mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing....
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Curtis Suttle
5 months ago
This is a great opportunity to pursue a PhD in marine virology, at a wonderful location, and terrific supervisors. Not to mention that it includes opportunities to do part of the work at UBC.
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Nice teaming up with our ORNL colleagues to pull together this story. Liz D and the gang examining virus diversity in Sphagnum.
doi.org/10.1186/s407...
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Identification of shared viral sequences in peat moss metagenomes reveals elements of a possible Sphagnum core virome - Environmental Microbiome
Viruses are an understudied component of plant microbiomes. Identifying viruses that are shared between individual plants, or members of the “core virome”, could reveal stable viral populations with t...
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00719-0
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ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology
6 months ago
Many phytoplankton are affected by climate change via changes in temperature & pH, but to winter diatoms, it appears the issue is light. 🔗rebrand.ly/jsfhiow
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@utkmicrobiology.bsky.social
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ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology
7 months ago
Congratulations to
@jianhuaguo.bsky.social
;
@zepernickbn.bsky.social
, R. Michael L. McKay,
@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social
; and Fabian Grein for their outstanding and impactful articles published in The ISME Journal. View the articles on
isme-microbes.org/the-isme-jou...
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What happens when you do a deep-dive on a classic technique that returns strange results? You might find the technique does not work - at least in your system. 🤔 Kudos to Robbie, Lena et al. On mitomycin-c for inducing lysogens in a harmful cyanobacterial bloom.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Mitomycin C eliminates cyanobacterial transcription without detectable prophage induction in a Microcystis-dominated harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie | Microbiology Spectrum
Harmful algal blooms dominated by Microcystis spp. occur throughout the world’s freshwater ecosystems, leading to detrimental effects on ecosystem services that are well documented. After decades of r...
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02872-24
7 months ago
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Congrats to
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, Kurt Konhauser, and all the other news fellow of the AAAS!
www.aaas.org/programs/fel...
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2024 AAAS Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
https://www.aaas.org/programs/fellows/2024-aaas-fellows
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Was happy to read Randall Brown's take on our work
artsci.utk.edu/microbial-ma...
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Microbial Manners on the High Seas - College of Arts and Sciences
Sargasso Sea plankton and other marine microbes take turns sharing nutrients. A new study co-authored by Steven Wilhelm, Kenneth and Blaire Mossman Professor in microbiology; Joshua Weitz, mathematical modeling professor at the University of Maryland; and team found that microbes in the Sargasso Sea divide nutrients throughout their communities over time, supporting coexistence and efficient […]
https://artsci.utk.edu/microbial-manners-on-the-high-seas/
8 months ago
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Nice to chat with NASA's Lindsey Doermann and GLIER's Mike McKay about this year's ice on Lake Erie and the great imagery that NASA provides scientists...
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15407...
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Signs of Life in Thawing Lake Erie
As winter turned to spring, ice cover on the lake diminished to reveal colorful billows of sediment and phytoplankton.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154071/signs-of-life-in-thawing-lake-erie
8 months ago
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Joshua Weitz
8 months ago
New
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paper alert, led by QBioS PhD Daniel Muratore & now Omidyar Fellow
@sfiscience.bsky.social
, Naomi Gilbert, Gary LeCleir &
@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social
: we find evidence for diel partitioning in microbial phosphorus uptake in the Sargasso.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Diel partitioning in microbial phosphorus acquisition in the Sargasso Sea | PNAS
The daily cycle of photosynthetic primary production at the base of marine food webs is often limited by the availability of scarce nutrients. Micr...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2410268122
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This Week in Sabbatical Life: paper submitted, paper accepted, waiting for one to come out yet this week. Next grant framed and outlined. Meetings with awesome students who are making great progress. Meetings with colleagues old and new. Whew this is exciting.
8 months ago
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Happy to see "Lysogen formation governs colonies while lytic infection is more prevalent in single cells of the bloom-forming cyanobacterium, Microcystis" available.. Xuhui and others show a linkage between lifestyle (colonies vs single cells) and infection strategy (lytic vs lysogenic)
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Lysogen formation governs colonies while lytic infection is more prevalent in single cells of the bloom-forming cyanobacterium, Microcystis
While the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis can exist as free-living single cells or within dense mucilaginous colonies, the drivers and consequences of colony formation remain unclear. Here, w...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.12.637950v1
9 months ago
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This week in sabbatical life...after 35 h of transit it was arrival time down under and back to writing. One paper needs a confirmation on a supplemental paragraph and a grant ready to go next week. Oh. And a farmer's market visit. Pizza time!
9 months ago
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Working on that levity thing here....
9 months ago
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Sabbatical week three: another paper finished, two more oh so close. My part of another proposal done. Managed to sneak in to meet with our stellar group of graduate recruits. Next stop....coffee in Hobart.
10 months ago
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Let's just say this was an amazing team effort.
@sullivan-lab.bsky.social
@ab-knox.bsky.social
@jdebruyn.bsky.social
the Lindell lab, and of course
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social
- so much fun! And the amazing BIOS staff and RV AE crew. The best part - there is more to come (now you're curious 😉.)
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10 months ago
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Nice to see this important work make the news cycle when there is a lot of news in the world. Kudos to
@laurenhart.bsky.social
,
@zepernickbn.bsky.social
and others.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
And very nice of Newsweek to pick it up!
www.newsweek.com/lake-erie-la...
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Worrying signs for Lake Erie uncovered 7,500 miles away in Africa
New research from Africa's Lake Victoria has revealed critical clues about toxic algal blooms and their potential impact on Lake Erie and beyond.
https://www.newsweek.com/lake-erie-lake-victoria-africa-toxic-algal-blooms-2018983
10 months ago
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Sabbatical week two. One grant completed and two papers submitted. Tick, tick, tick.
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Sabbatical week one...off with JMD to the FLA for a little decomposition microbiome work. They let me carry the heavy stuff.
10 months ago
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Cameron Thrash
10 months ago
Metagenomics reveals spatial variation in cyanobacterial composition, function, and biosynthetic potential in the Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya
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Joshua Weitz
11 months ago
Open rank position alert (share away): The Dept. of Biology at the U of Maryland, College Park invites applications from individuals studying fundamental questions in ecology and evolutionary biology using microbial systems for a tenure-track or tenured position at any rank
bit.ly/ecoevomicro-...
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Open Rank - Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
Job Description Summary Organization Summary Statement The Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), invites applications from individuals studying fundamental questions...
https://bit.ly/ecoevomicro-open-rank-umd
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Interested in a summer research experience in Microbiology? Check out
microreu.utk.edu
for an opportunity to study in one of our world class labs study viruses, bacteria, algae and so much more.
11 months ago
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The Marine Biological Association
11 months ago
We have an exciting range of new
#PhD
#Studentship
opportunities available through our
#Marine
Research Partnership with the
@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
&
@plymouthmarine.bsky.social
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Excited to have the opportunity to interact with the amazing team
@thembauk.bsky.social
as they continue to improve our understanding and protection of marine systems and resources.
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